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Diogs where they don't belong
What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into
my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. Fence your property. |
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower"
opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? |
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Diogs where they don't belong
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose"
opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. |
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"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-HEF9VUHqT4mH@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. Well what's the deal? You're shooting down ideas without giving any reasons. Figure it out on your own then. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-HEF9VUHqT4mH@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. Well what's the deal? You're shooting down ideas without giving any reasons. Figure it out on your own then. |
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Stan Goodman wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. I can attest to the effectiveness of the motion sprinkler. Dogs certainly won't like it! Rabbits, squirrels, and racoons don't like it either. I can't say the meter reader guy was overly impressed at our old home. DH on more than one occasion got an additional shower along with his morning coffee. I initially bought mine to protect our pond but now am using it in the garden. Depending on your set-up, you may need two to protect all areas. I move mine around a fair amount so the critters don't get to accustomed to the direction the spray is coming from. Another option may be a Fido electric fence around your garden. That will be effective for whatever garden you put it around but won't help much for your lawn and other unprotected areas. The last option I can think of besides fencing is cayenne pepper either powdered or spray solution. The downside is you have to reapply after a rain. You might want to contact animal control for a more permanent solution. If the dogs are not ferral yet running loose, animal control should be able to fine the owners. Ferral dogs may be a health issue so animal control should come out and catch them. |
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Stan Goodman wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. I can attest to the effectiveness of the motion sprinkler. Dogs certainly won't like it! Rabbits, squirrels, and racoons don't like it either. I can't say the meter reader guy was overly impressed at our old home. DH on more than one occasion got an additional shower along with his morning coffee. I initially bought mine to protect our pond but now am using it in the garden. Depending on your set-up, you may need two to protect all areas. I move mine around a fair amount so the critters don't get to accustomed to the direction the spray is coming from. Another option may be a Fido electric fence around your garden. That will be effective for whatever garden you put it around but won't help much for your lawn and other unprotected areas. The last option I can think of besides fencing is cayenne pepper either powdered or spray solution. The downside is you have to reapply after a rain. You might want to contact animal control for a more permanent solution. If the dogs are not ferral yet running loose, animal control should be able to fine the owners. Ferral dogs may be a health issue so animal control should come out and catch them. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:16:38 UTC, "Anonny Moose"
opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-HEF9VUHqT4mH@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. Well what's the deal? You're shooting down ideas without giving any reasons. Figure it out on your own then. Thank you. If someone has an idea involving a repellant substance, I would be happy to hear it. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:29:15 UTC, nutNhoney opined:
Stan Goodman wrote: On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. I can attest to the effectiveness of the motion sprinkler. Dogs certainly won't like it! Rabbits, squirrels, and racoons don't like it either. I can't say the meter reader guy was overly impressed at our old home. DH on more than one occasion got an additional shower along with his morning coffee. I initially bought mine to protect our pond but now am using it in the garden. Depending on your set-up, you may need two to protect all areas. I move mine around a fair amount so the critters don't get to accustomed to the direction the spray is coming from. Another option may be a Fido electric fence around your garden. That will be effective for whatever garden you put it around but won't help much for your lawn and other unprotected areas. The last option I can think of besides fencing is cayenne pepper either powdered or spray solution. The downside is you have to reapply after a rain. Sprinklers are a solution that would occur only to people who live where there is plenty of water. Here, the radio is forever telling me "Don't waste a drop". I turn the spigot off while I am shaving, except when I need actually to rinse the razor. You might want to contact animal control for a more permanent solution. If the dogs are not ferral yet running loose, animal control should be able to fine the owners. Ferral dogs may be a health issue so animal control should come out and catch them. The Nature Protection Agency is responsible for animals in the wild; the SPCA mostly accepts unwanted pets. Dogs bothering a householder would be a police matter. I did report the matter to the police; they have other, more pressing matters to deal with, and it is hard to fault them for not putting a high priority on this one. That is why I thought to post the problem here. I'll try the cayenne suggestion. Since there is no rain at all here during the summer (from April through November and well into December), that may help for most of the year, at the cost of a large package of ground cayenne pepper. As for the winter -- by then, the magic of Operant Conditioning may have persuaded the dogs that this is not a good place to visit. Thanks for your comments. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Saddam is gone. Ceterum, censeo Arafat esse delendam. To send me email, please replace the CAPITAL_LETTERS with "sig". Please do not send me HTML-formatted messages.Please do not send me attachments without telling me beforehand. |
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Diogs where they don't belong
"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Electric fence. Works like a charm! Cheap, too. Ray |
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Diogs where they don't belong
"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-HEF9VUHqT4mH@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. What's wrong with motion sprinklers? They're harmless, and will discourage most dogs. Ray |
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"Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-rtxHY7zmMDyJ@poblano... On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:16:38 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-HEF9VUHqT4mH@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:34 UTC, "Anonny Moose" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-bXjMTkgEKyoW@poblano... On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:00:49 UTC, "Sunflower" opined: "Stan Goodman" wrote in message news:uViCr8LlbtmJ-pn2-1SRNJ8NlGHzO@poblano... What can I do to discourage feral, and not so feral, dogs from coming into my property both in daylight and at night, crapping here and there as the spirit moves them (no pun intended), and making threatening noises at me? Fence your property. Not an option. Motion sprinklers? C'mon. Well what's the deal? You're shooting down ideas without giving any reasons. Figure it out on your own then. Thank you. If someone has an idea involving a repellant substance, I would be happy to hear it. Mark your territory the same way dogs do. Or, use something like old cigar butts soaked in soapy water. Ray |
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